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(From "Target Comics" number 1, 1940.)
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Posted in Daily Random Panel
An alert reader sent me Nightwing's classic costume for our "Bad Costume Wednesday":
But here's the thing -- I'm not so sure this is a bad costume. I mean, you can make fun of his long, flowing, romance-cover raven locks if you want, I suppose, but remember that this was an era in which Superman had a mullet. So you kind of can't totally blame the guy.
The big yellow glove wedges and giant glowing chest wing are perhaps not ideal for a night-stalker, but I don't think they look bad.
I kind of dig the stylized Bat symbol on the belt, I think it helps establish him as his own person without totally losing his history.
About the only thing I am not down with is the belt itself, which always bugs me when it's not actually holding up anything. But that's a pretty minor point.
Still, this particular alert reader has good taste and sound judgement, so I'm willing to concede I might be wrong on this. What do you think, was this a good or a bad super hero costume?
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Posted in Bad Super Costumes
(From "Blue Bolt" number 12, 1941.)
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Posted in Daily Random Panel
With the advent of the "Avengers" movie next month, I thought I'd poll you all on who you think would win between the best of the Marvel Universe against the best of the DC Universe. Unlike last time, when we posited only the original team rosters, this go-around you get to decide which group of members would go against which other group.
I'd suggest that when you put your teams together, though, that you limit yourselves to only groups that actually served at the same time. In other words, if Red Tornado and Animal Man never served in the JLA at the same time, you couldn't have them both on the list.
Of course, since every single character in the DCU has been on the Justice League at some point in some franchise, that could get out of hand pretty quickly. I don't think the Avengers ever had quite the roster-bloat as the JLA. So maybe a second rule should be "equal numbers only". In other words, no fair putting all 568 members who were in the League during the "Unlimited" animated series against twelve Avengers.
In general, I think the power level of the average Marvel character is a lot lower than the power level of their DCU counterparts. And you can always try to play the "Omnipotent Superman" card if you want, but I personally think that's kind of a cop-out along with "Whoever the writers want to win". I don't want your opinion of what someone else might try to make happen, I want to know what you think. For the same reason, while I know they've fought in actual printed crossovers before, that's again what those writers wanted to happen. And a lot has changed in both universes since then.
Now have at it! Give us your rosters, and then who you think would win in the massive slugfest to follow.
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Posted in Versus
(From "Blue Bolt" number 12, 1941.)
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We had a fun time in Character Contest 67, taking two names from a list to make a mish-mash type of character. I thought it would be good to do that again for the new folks who've joined the community since then, and to give the old-timers another crack at it as well.
Note that you can't re-use characters from any other contests!
In the past I've done a few different Sketches of the Day that involved combining two different archetypes into one. For instance, there was Redneck Wizard, Ninja Cowboy, and Cyborg Pirate.
Thus, your challenge this week is to design one or more characters by combining two words from the following list (slightly updated from last time):
So for example, you could do a "Cyborg Cheerleader" or an "Samurai Alien" or "Dinosaur Doctor".
Otherwise the rules are the same:
No limit on entries this week, so give it your best shot!
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Posted in Challenges, Character Design Challenges
Many thanks to everyone who entered Caption Contest 119, featuring this great panel:
I've selected the ones that made me laugh the most, and present them here for your amusement:
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Posted in Challenge Favorites
(From "Blue Bolt" number 12, 1941.)
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Posted in Daily Random Panel
Headlessgeneral requested an actual Hawaiian shirt (in honor of Martian Blue, I believe) for his Friday Night Fights 3 Semifinal win. It's now live in TopsMaleStandard:
As you can see, I took advantage of the opportunity to add a plain short-sleeved, open-collar shirt as well since I didn't have one. Enjoy!
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Posted in Challenge Prizes
Tarkabarka's prize for winning Character Contest 75 is a rear-view foot, now live in "FootRight-Male-Standard":
Obviously, I've shown you the view of it superimposed on the regular foot so you can see how it's positioned by default.
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Three middle-aged nerds (including yours truly!) review all of the MCU movies in chronological order. Short, funny, and full of good vibes, check it out and let us know what you think!
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